
Tips & Troubleshooting
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TV
(BACK PANEL)
VIDEO
R AUDIO L
S-VIDEO
IN
FROM
ANT
VCR
IN
FROM
ANT
OUT
TO
TV
TV Signal
From Cable or Antenna
DIGITAL
SATELLITE
RECEIVER
IN
FROM
ANT
OUT
TO
TV
S-VIDEO
SATELLITE
IN
VIDEO
AUDIO
VIDEO
AUDIO
CH4
CH3
CABLE
Satellite Signal
From Satellite Dish
Antenna
How Signal Flow Works
How the Satellite Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1.Program providers send signals to your satellite dish antenna.
2.The satellite dish antenna sends the signal to the digital satellite receiver’s SATELLITE IN jack.
3.The signal continues through the coaxial or audio/video cable to the VCR and then to the TV.
(The VCR may seem like
an unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets you record DIRECTV
®
programming and off-air antenna/cable
programming.)
If you use audio/video or S-Video cables, the satellite signal also flows through them to the TV’s Video Inputs (left, right,
and video or S-video).
How Off-Air Antenna/Cable Signals get to Your TV
In the example above:
1.Off-air/cable broadcasters send signals to your off-air antenna or through cable to your home.
2.The signal passes through the digital satellite receiver along the coaxial or audio/video cable to your VCR.
The signal
can also pass through the VCR to the TV. (The VCR may seem like an unnecessary link in the chain, but this setup lets
you record
DIRECTV
®
programming and off-air antenna/cable programming.)
If you use audio and S-Video or
video cables, view the satellite
signal by tuning the TV or VCR to
its video input channel.
If you use coaxial cables (and
no audio/video cables), view
the satellite or off-air
antenna signal by tuning the:
TV to channel 3 or 4
VCR to channel 3 or 4
Coaxial cables
Audio/video cables
S-video cable